Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-27
&. BarlAl of the Gypsy queen.

zntJe jeffrey Harrison, the young gypsy
sen, who died at Jackson, Miss, on
NC 81 1886. was buried at Dayton, o., in
se gypsy los at Woodland the other day.
4 her death the body was embalmed and
sat north She was the daughter of Henry
nd TaIlie Jetfreys, who own large tracts of
and mean Dayton, and are related to the
Stanieys, VINO reign over about twenty tribes
hat make ID air summer home in the Miami
valley. Besides the immediate relatives about
90 gypsies we're present
The burial Is the fourth of the kind that
SIS occurred IN Dayton since 1857, and, as on
PRIMER occasions, attracted crowds of people
IS lew. the street. pageant. The funeral cor
a2s consisted Of caravan of thirty large
reg ms loaded with gypsy families and car
y5ng all their camp and household equipage
l.ie5iine each wagon were the horse and
logs Of 5he family, numbering in some cases
.ifBY aa1nais The procession was nearly q
.alta "a length and there were in line about
09 oorses
e s4usd Of police prevented the entrance to
De- grounds Of the crowd The Rev. Daniel
3efger. Of the United Brethren church, con-
s3actea the religious services, consisting of
irager, Scriptural readings and a sermon
2he taouruers and relatives sat about the
graFe mile the caravan of wagons, horses
aaid dogs was kept continually circling
.rognd the grave on the winding roadways
~ bQ rl1e minister concluded, the mourners
s9se and began a low chant in gypsy dialect
The train was caught up by the occupants
# tne moving caravan and soon the air re-
Sounded With the moaning and wailing
Y9nag gypsy girls carried flowers of scarlet
1ue and showered them in the grave. They
G4ed: Good by, Jentie! Good by, sweet
.,Ueeni Good byl" These manifestations of
grief continued until the pastor babe the
snourners rebire.-Dayton (O) Special.
The Government Taxidermist's Buffalo.
Mr.. Hornaday, the government taxider-
mist, has 8 herd of queer looking buffaloes in
his studio in the old armory building devoted
20 the FISH commission. They are the hulls
o. Insides on which the. hides are to be
stretched Ri. Hornaday does not use the
skeietons OF gile animals in mounting them,
7at nla8es lp wooden ones The whole herd,
he} doaa VII be mounted in the National
'rilsepal. and the poor, old, moth eaten effigies
now on Exhibition will be burned As soon
rs Nj HaFnaday finishes the bull buffalo, on
0efich se will expend the greatest pains, it
4if4 be placed out in the Smithsonian grounds,
dshere cath and background will resemble as
r2fiel IS possible the animals native plains,
EIlc che az.dermist, rugged up in cowboy hat,
-sggines and hunting shirt, mounted on his
bronchos cInctted and loaded exactly as he
YES III Montana, will go through the panto-
Anime Of Shooting the old beast again During
the performance several instantaneous photo
graphs OF the piece will be taken This bull
IS the finest buffalo Mr.. Hornaday secured
while out on his official hunt. He was the
last one seen, and his captor rode up along
side and had opportunity to study the noble
anilnsl for several minutes before shooting
sA4. Nj 8ornaday even dismounted and
sketched the DID fellow. This has been of
geat atiyantage in stuffing and mounting
ana E'assllington Cor. New York Sun.